sunday post: bay

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Sunday, March 17:  Jake’s Sunday Post for this week is bay.  A bay is defined as: A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.

Here is the famous Halong Bay in Vietnam.

Halong Bay in Vietnam

Halong Bay in Vietnam

On the south coast of Crete, a beach town called Plakias sits within a small, glimmering bay.

a bay off the southern coast of Crete, in Plakias

Plakias, Crete

And in Oman, we can find a number of small bays as well.

a small bay on the coast of Oman

a bay at Shangri-La Resort in Oman

And finally, here is a harbor, which is sort of like a bay, but more so.  A harbor is a place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, esp. one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures.   Here is the harbor at Mutrah in Oman.

the harbor at Mutrah in Oman

Mutrah Harbor

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travel theme: night

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Monday, July 9:   Ailsa of Where’s my backpack? has challenged us with another travel theme: Night.  She writes: Do you have a place you love viewing at night? I’m looking forward to seeing your take on this week’s travel theme.

Here’s the Muttrah seafront at night, from the Muttrah corniche.

boats at night in the Mutrah seafront

more of the Muttrah harbor

High above the waters at the eastern end of Muttrah harbor sits the modest Muttrah Fort, which is not really a proper fort at all.  It’s more of a single high wall with a round tower at either end, balanced precariously at the top of a craggy ridge.  It’s especially dramatic illuminated after dark.

Muttrah Fort above the Muttrah business district

a-z archive: y! challenge (yacht)

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a-z photo challenge

Tuesday, June 19: This week’s topic for our A-Z ARCHIVE Tuesday’s photo challenge: the letter “Y”: introduce one photo of your own archive with an “Y” keyword for example YELLOW or YEMEN, YOGA or YAK, YARRA River or Yunnan village, YAWN or YACHTING, Yogjakarta or YING YANG, Yosemite or YOUTH, Yucatan or YAMAHA etc.

Sadly, I’m feeling a little uninspired this week.  I just can’t get excited about any of my photos matching this letter!  Anyway, here is a photo of a yacht in Mutrah.  Juxtaposed against the modern yacht is a traditional Omani dhow.

a yacht with a traditional Omani dhow in the forefront

a-z archive: u! challenge (umbrella)

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Tuesday, May 22: This week’s topic for our A-Z ARCHIVE Tuesday’s photo challenge: the letter “U”: introduce one photo of your own archive with an “U” keyword for example UMBRELLA (like FrizzText) or things which were “unusual” or “unfocused”, something about the U.K. Underground or “UP!”, experiences about “unjust” or “unchain”, about a pop song title with the first letter “U” etc.

Here are some umbrellas at a sidewalk cafe in front of Muttrah souq.

umbrellas

weekly photo challenge: blue

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weekly photo challenge

Tuesday, May 15:  Here’s this week’s photo challenge: Blue. We’ve done red before, but what about blue? What do you associate blue with? The sky, the ocean…and what else? See how creative you can get with blue.

Here is a blue gate with some beautiful white flowers in Izki, Oman.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~ e. e. cummings

This is the blue waterfront & sky in Mutrah, Oman.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ~ Eleonora Duse

And finally here’s a painting full of blue I found in the art department at the University of Nizwa.

It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion. ~ Herman Hesse